This info comes from one reliable and one new source: Sony will soon announce a completely redesigned 70-200mm f/4.0 G lens. It has two important new features:
I believe this could be a real hotseller!
You see that image above? I trained ChatGPT to learn my photography style and to translate it into the right prompts and parameters to generate new AI images on Midjourney. I can now generate any landscape image I want with the style I want, even with the camera setup I want, without me even have to think about how to do this.
YES…this is upsetting! YES this is NOT Photography. YES…this has nothing to do with Sony gear, a part of the fact I can use “emulate” Sony camera settings and Sony lens settings.
But hear me out why I think this is crucially important for you as a photographer. Hate this AI technology as much as you want but I am sure of that:
So when I post those AI threads my goals is that we all learn how it will influence our business. It will never KILL real photography, but it will certainly influence it. I will soon show you how I train ChatGPT to learn the style from Sony lenses and cameras. In the meantime if you are interested to see how I train ChatGPT for Lanscape “photography emulation” check out this video:
To everyone saying I should not post this stuff on SAR:
You can use your photography skills and “emulate” Sony gear to generate AI images. Moreover your real Photos can be used to train AI and edit your photos. So this WILL sooner or later be part of your workflow. It’s not something I like, but I will try to see how to navigate this revolution in a way that it suits my needs as a photographer.
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According to a trusted Weibo source a yet not named Chinese manufacturer will soon announce a new 85mm f/1.4 autofocus FE lens.
Tamron patented a bunch of quite extraordinary lenses. Now le them know which one you would seriously consider to buy!
Loading ...Below you can find my personal opinion on all of those lenses (note, in video I forgot that the 20-50mm patent was f/2.8 and the f/2.0 patent was for a 25-50mm lens):
SAR note: We got a zillion standard primes…those who will select 50mm f/1.4 will get banned from this website forever!
FX3 firmware download here.
FX30 firmware download here.
CineD had the exclusive chance to test the new firmware ahead of their release today:
UPDATE: Also Amando Ferreira had the chance to test it:
I got this from a new source:
Every time a camera with a new sensor comes out, we (Sony) prioritize new production lots with new process routes into the system. This is happening more recently with new stacked sensor. I don’t know the details, but what I can say for sure is that we are prioritizing the new full-frame stacked sensor. The way the route is seen is quite different from other stacked sensors, so it can be said that it uses new technology. This sort of thing usually happens in our fab about three months before a new camera launches. So I guess we can expect a new full frame stack camera coming soon (maybe a9iii?) Hope this information is useful!
And this is from a second new source:
Had a chat with a sony rep at a university event who seemed to suggest that a new a9III wouldn’t have the articulating screen that a7rV has as stills photographer seemed to prefer the older style. With this in mind, he seemed to suggest that proRes for video won’t be included. He framed it like there was gonna be a move with the a9 and a1 series to purely pro stills cameras dropping decent support for video.
My thoughts on these two rumors in my latest video (don’t forget to subscribe my youtube channel):
